TERRI: Let me just ask you, how do you talk to yourself? Do you
talk to yourself? The answer is, of course you do, and perhaps
you have that voice, like the internal dialog in your head
like I'm suggesting, but you do talk to
yourself whether you've realized it or not.
TERRI: Hey, I'm Terri Savelle Foy, your
cheerleader of dreams. Hey, one of my favorite quotes of all
time is this. "The secret of your future is hidden in your
daily routine." Well, when I changed my routine, it changed
my whole life. One of the biggest keys I learned to change
my routine was listening to faith building messages that
pointed my life in the right direction. I want to ask you to
subscribe to this podcast so you get constant coaching to help
you live your dreams. In fact, I want to share with you my
personal list of positive affirmations to help you have a
positive attitude about your dreams. Now, I'm going to show
you how to access that list in just a minute, but first, today
I want to teach you the importance of making positive
affirmations to change your whole attitude. You know, what
if I told you that what you say to others isn't nearly as
important as what you say to yourself? It's true. See, how
you talk to yourself will determine how positive you are
and how successful you're going to be, period. Now, that's a
bold statement full of truth, but think about it. Your
personal affirmations can truly help you lose weight, get good
grades, achieve promotion, close sales, get along with family
members. You can even win awards and even gold medals. In fact, I
was reading an article by the atlantic.com, and researchers
interviewed 17 national champion figure skaters. Now, this was
back in 1993, to discover their unique coping strategies for
handling stress. Well, they discovered that 158 unique
strategies were practiced among them, but the most common, used
by 76% of the skaters was self talk. Self talk, your self talk
changes your attitude and it changes your outcome. Now, you
may have heard of Ruben Gonzalez. He agrees with this
study, and what he did was he took his personal list of
positive affirmations with him all over the world, and daily he
gave himself these pep talks, helping him become, he said
resilient in the face of life's challenges. Now, he called it
the champion's creed, you may have heard of this. These
affirmations helped him, he said, stay focused on his goals
and become a three time Olympic medalist. Now, he believed that
in order to start your day like a champion you must fine tune
your mindset. He recommended reading positive motivational
statements, such as the champion's creed, out loud first
thing in the morning and before you go to bed. He said read them
with power and passion, you know, eyeball to eyeball in the
mirror, he said. Let me just read the champion's creed to you
by Ruben Gonzalez. This is what he would say. "I am a champion.
I believe in myself. I have the will to win. I set high goals
for myself. I'm surrounding myself with winners. I'm cool,
positive, and confident. I'm willing to pay the price for
success. I stay relaxed and in control at all times. I focus
all my energy on the job at hand. I take responsibility for
all of my results. I have the courage to endure and persist. I
vividly imagine what victory will feel like." Then he closed
it with this. "I am a champion, and I will win." I love that.
Don't you? Imagine starting your day like that. Would it affect
your attitude? It will, and the thing is, it does. I am living
proof. Let me just ask you, how do you talk to yourself? Do you
talk to yourself? The answer is, of course you do, and perhaps
you have that voice, like the internal dialog in your head,
like I'm suggesting, but you do talk to yourself whether you've
realized it or not. See, we all have that inner voice, the voice
in your mind that happens without you even recognizing it.
It's a running commentary that you have with yourself about
yourself. And, it affects your attitude positively or
negatively. In fact, I read where brain research has
discovered that we send ourselves messages at a rate of
nearly 500 words per minute. Now, that's a lot of chatter
going on on the inside that nobody even hears except you.
But here's the thing. It's not mindless chatter. See, it has a
way of creating its own reality. If you dwell on negative
thoughts, it will produce a negative attitude and it's going
to stop you from reaching your dreams. In fact, your mind can
literally talk yourself out of your destiny. Now,
unfortunately, most of our internal conversation is
negative. If your inner conversation is hopeful, it's
optimistic, it's uplifting, you will have a positive attitude
and a positive life. I want to help you use your self talk to
your advantage. You know, Mark Twain said, "I'm always in
conversation, and sometimes other people are involved." I
like that. Well, I heard an interesting story about this
university professor who made a unique offer to his college
students one day. This is what he did. As he was getting ready
to give them their final exams, you know, for the semester, he
was bragging on them how proud he was of the class and because
they had done so well that semester, he said, "I want to
offer you something special." What he said was, "Anyone who
wants to receive an automatic C grade on the test, raise your
hand." He explained, he said, "You're not going to be tested
whatsoever, just lift your hand," he said, "no pressure, no
failing grade. You are going to pass with flying colors." Well,
he said one hand went up, they're looking around, then
another hand went up, another hand. About half the class got
up and walked out of the room. They were so relieved, no
stress, no worry, no failing grade. Then the professor went
on to pass out the test to the rest of the students. He laid
them faced down on their desk and he asked them, he said, "Do
not turn these over until I instruct you to do so." Well,
for the next several minutes, he encouraged them on how they were
going to go far in life and how their positive attitude is going
to take them great places in life. He said, "You know, you
should always strive to do your best like you've done today."
Then he instructed them, "Turn the test over and get started."
Well, when they turned the pages over, it had only two sentences,
and this is what it said. "Congratulations. You just made
an A." Think about that. The ones who stayed had a positive
attitude and believed that they had what it took to get an A.
Why settle for a C when you can get an A? In other words, why
settle for mediocrity when God has amazing plans for your life?
Well, why settle for less simply because of a negative attitude?
See, when you allow negative thoughts to remain in your mind,
you're settling for a C. God has so much more for you, but you
have to change your attitude by changing your internal dialog.
Like I said, your mind will talk you out of God's best. You'll
consistently feel unqualified, too shy, incapable, unworthy,
unskilled, less than average. I'm just asking you, believe in
yourself a little more. Believe that God's word is true and that
it was written for you. Believe that when you take authority
over your thought life and you begin speaking faith filled
declarations over yourself, your life is moving in that
direction. Remember this statement. Do you want to see
where your life is headed? Listen to the words that are
coming out of your mouth. Imagine speaking these types of
affirmations over yourself, you know, just like the champion's
creed. I'm telling you, you'll change your attitude in the
right direction. Listen to just some of these. I am courageous
in the pursuit of my dreams. I'm expecting blessings to chase me
down and overtake me. I'm always in the right place at the right
time. I have more than enough. God is restoring the years that
were stolen from me. I love that one, don't you? I expect God to
accelerate things in my life. I have extraordinary opportunities
given to me. I have preferential treatment because of God's
favor. Just imagine saying these over yourself. I rise above
every challenge stronger than I was before. I embrace every new
season God has for me. I'm rising above every obstacle. I
know that all things are working together for my good. I'm
programmed for success. Listen to this one. I have the wisdom
of God to make the best decisions. Don't you just feel
good hearing those statements? Now remember, you believe your
own self more than anyone. What you repeatedly hear, you
eventually believe. You have to speak it out of your mouth, and
I'm telling you I am 100% convinced if you'll change what
you're saying, you will change what you're seeing. I want you
to have my personal list of positive affirmations. I'm going
to give you a link at the end to access these declarations so you
can start speaking them out of your mouth. Let me just mention
real quick who our YouTube subscriber of the week is.
Comet25194, I like that name. They write, "Hey Terri. I am 18
years old and I have been absolutely loving your videos."
Thank you Comet25194. It says, "I have gained more perspective
and realized what I need to do to change my life and become a
living example of God." I love that. You're so awesome and
you're a true cheerleader for me in my life. Thank you girl. Much
love." That blesses my heart, and I want to thank you
Comet25194 for writing, taking the time, and just that you're
feeding yourself. You're doing what we're talking about today.
You're listening to inspirational messages, and I
believe, getting the dialog that's going to direct your life
in the right direction. Well, remember like I said, you
believe your own self more than anybody. What you repeatedly
hear, you eventually believe. You have to speak it out of your
own mouth. I said before, I'm convinced if you'll change what
you're saying, you'll change what you're seeing. That's why I
want you to have my personal list of positive affirmations.
All you have to do is click the link in the description or go to
terri.com/affirmations to get my personal list that I speak over
my family, my finances, my fitness, and my goals every
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